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B.15:45 Architecture modelmaking exhibition: Celebrating 45 years of the B.15 modelmaking workshop

1 September 2014 - 31 December 2015
2015 marks 45 years of the Kantorowich B.15 modelmaking workshop at The University of Manchester. The B.15:45 exhibition is a retrospective look at the last 45 years of modelmaking…

Darkness and Light: Exploring Gothic

16 July 2015 - 10 January 2016
EXTENDED UNTIL 10 JANUARY This intriguing exhibition reveals how Gothic architecture and anatomy inspired and influenced a literary genre, and how the lasting legacy of Gothic can be…

Discovery Centre

4 - 26 July 2015
Sats & Suns, 11am-4pm Drop into the Discovery Centre for drawing and other art activities inspired by the Museum's collection and pick up one of our free Museum activity sheets.

Hands-on

1 - 31 July 2015
Drop-in. Throughout the week visit one of our handling tables and get hands-on with objects from the collection, such as an Alexander the Great coin, an urban fox and an ancient Egyptian scarab beetle.

Making Monuments on Rapa Nui. The Statues from Easter Island

1 April - 6 September 2015
1 April-6 September 2015 Free entry The monumental stone statues of Rapa Nui (named Easter Island by European explorers) in the Pacific are some of the most widely recognised archaeological…

Romuald Hazoumè: Dance of the Butterflies

14 February - 29 July 2015
Dance of the Butterflies is a stunning new art work by one of Africa’s foremost contemporary artists Romuald Hazoumè. It features swarms of multicoloured ‘butterflies’ which will take…

Summer Holiday Activities: Treasure

20 July - 30 August 2015
Drop in, free, families. 11am - 4pm Discover something new this summer at Manchester Museum. Collect a map as your explore the Museum’s collections, visit our object handling tables,…

Baby Explorers

10:30 - 12:15 21 July 2015
10.30-11.15am & 11.30am-12.15pm Sensory play and interactive story sessions for babies who aren't walking yet. Every other Tuesday (except Feb & Oct half term school holidays when…

Baby Explorers Drop in

13:00 - 14:00 21 July 2015
Sensory play for babies who aren't walking yet. Every other Tuesday. Drop in, free.

Electrophysiological Markers of Neurodegenerative Disease and Sleep/Wake Quality

13:00 21 July 2015
This Seminar is part of the Future Leaders series. …

Statues of Rapa Nui

13:00 - 15:30 21 July 2015
Drop in. Visit the Museum’s Making Monuments on Rapa Nui exhibition, and find out more about the monumental stone statues, or ‘moai’, of Rapa Nui (named Easter Island by European…

Foot-pads, Murderers and Body Snatchers: A North-West criminal miscellany

11:00 - 12:00 22 July 2015
Join us for a glimpse into the criminal underworld, as we look at a range of printed sources, including trial reports and execution broadsides. This session focusses on crimes committed…

Guided visit

13:30 - 15:30 22 July 2015
If you are unable to come to one of our University open days, you can join us for a guided visit of the campus on a Wednesday afternoon. Guided visits include a presentation on the…

Human and Mouse Genome Wide CRISPR-guide RNA Arrayed Libraries

09:30 - 10:30 22 July 2015
CRISPR-Cas9 has proven to be a useful tool for genome editing and has shown great potential in genome wide genetic screens. Here we present the first genome wide, arrayed guide RNA…

Statues of Rapa Nui

13:00 - 15:30 22 July 2015
Drop in. Visit the Museum’s Making Monuments on Rapa Nui exhibition, and find out more about the monumental stone statues, or ‘moai’, of Rapa Nui (named Easter Island by European…

Each Thursday: Thursday Lates

18:00 23 July - 18:00 17 December 2015
Thursday Lates Our late night openings are the perfect place to meet friends and enjoy a selection of talks, performances, film screenings, live music and artist interventions. Thursday,…

Green Impact Themed Lunch

12:00 - 13:00 23 July 2015
This week (20 July - 25 July) is 'Bring a Plant to Work Week' at the Centre for Primary Care. All staff and students are being encouraged to bring to work any indoor plants/seeds, pots…

Statues of Rapa Nui

13:00 - 15:30 23 July 2015
Drop in. Visit the Museum’s Making Monuments on Rapa Nui exhibition, and find out more about the monumental stone statues, or ‘moai’, of Rapa Nui (named Easter Island by European explorers).…

Thursdays: Great Escape: Yoga – the whitworth

08:30 23 July - 08:30 10 December 2015
Great Escape: Yoga Thursday from 8:30am-9:45am No emails, texts, updates or alerts – yoga that takes full advantage of the Whitworth's peaceful setting - and some of its wonderful…

Vivarium Tours

12:00 23 July 2015
Every Thurs, 12pm Book on 0161 275 2648, free. Take a tour of one of the most popular and distinctive galleries at Manchester Museum. Explore our comprehensive collection of live…

24:7 Big Festival Weekend

24 - 26 July 2015
The 24:7 Theatre festival is a unique event, helping to promote new plays while developing the emerging talent of writers, directors, actors, producers and technicians. It has been…

24:7 Big Festival Weekend 2015 - Madness Sweet Madness

19:30 - 21:30 24 July 2015
It's 2am, and Vesuvius would do anything for a few hours' sleep. But the arrival of two unorthodox authority figures threatens to disrupt his night further - and make a right mess of…

24:7 Big Festival Weekend 2015 - The Plant

18:00 - 19:30 24 July 2015
On finding themselves mysteriously imprisoned, the protagonists of our tale Leon and Keith do the only thing they can do, they start telling stories. ‘The Plant’ is a darkly comic…

24:7 Big Festival Weekend 2015 - We Are The Multitude

18:00 - 19:30 24 July 2015
Victims of their own intensely irritating personalities, Lisa and Simon are trapped in their office building after angry demonstrators occupy it. With life and death in the balance,…

24:7 Big Festival Weekend 2015 – GARY: A LOVE STORY

19:30 - 21:30 24 July 2015
Two very strange brothers face police truncheons, gruesome playground injuries and the perils of mutual masturbation in “Gary: a Love Story,” a caustic and moving new play about brotherly…

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